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Octordle #29 (November 2, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Monday, November 2, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #29 was the set of 8 words for Monday, November 2, 2026. E (4 boards), I (4 boards), O (4 boards), S (4 boards), G (3 boards) and M (3 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. DROOP repeats a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, STARE leaves the smallest total field here: 623 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 884 for CRATE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 12 guesses (13 allowed).

Octordle #29 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers11
Answers with a repeated letter1
Vowels per answer2 · 3 · 3 · 2 · 1 · 3 · 2 · 1
Best of five openersSTARE: 7 green, 6 yellow, 623 candidates left
Solver line12 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #29?

For each opener: greens and yellows it would earn across the 8 boards, and how many answers would still fit each board afterwards (smaller is better).

OpenerGreenYellowCandidates left per boardTotal
STARE7697 · 9 · 24 · 14 · 8 · 222 · 27 · 222623
SLATE74215 · 10 · 28 · 25 · 54 · 215 · 32 · 85664
CRANE5651 · 49 · 43 · 120 · 90 · 257 · 21 · 54685
TRACE5449 · 45 · 34 · 111 · 62 · 240 · 103 · 240884
CRATE5449 · 45 · 34 · 111 · 62 · 240 · 103 · 240884
A 12-guess solver line for Octordle #29

Guess 1 is the best opener above; each later guess is the first remaining candidate on the board with the fewest candidates. Boards are numbered 1–8 reading left to right, top to bottom.

  1. STARE: opener, 623 candidates left in all.

  2. SCOUR for board 5 (8 candidates left).

  3. SPRIG for board 5 (only one candidate left) — solves board 5.

  4. IMAGE for board 3 (only one candidate left) — solves board 3.

  5. AMUSE for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

  6. OPIUM for board 6 (only one candidate left) — solves board 6.

  7. SOBER for board 4 (2 candidates left).

  8. SOWER for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

  9. SIEGE for board 7 (2 candidates left).

  10. SINGE for board 7 (only one candidate left) — solves board 7.

  11. NOBLY for board 8 (only one candidate left) — solves board 8.

  12. DROOP for board 1 (2 candidates left) — solves board 1.

Boards solved at guess 12, 5, 4, 8, 3, 6, 10, 11.

Octordle #29 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: DROOP · Board 2: AMUSE · Board 3: IMAGE · Board 4: SOWER · Board 5: SPRIG · Board 6: OPIUM · Board 7: SINGE · Board 8: NOBLY

DROOP AMUSE IMAGE SOWER SPRIG OPIUM SINGE NOBLY

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